Design Intern 2027 - Advanced Integrated Circuits Research

International Business Machines Corporation

Town of Yorktown (NY)

On-site

USD 89,000 - 164,000

Part time

14 days+

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Job summary

IBM Research in Yorktown Heights, NY is seeking a Design Intern for Advanced Integrated Circuits Research. You will work on world-class IC designs in deep submicron CMOS for AI acceleration, high-speed communications, and chiplet integration.

Responsibilities include architecture analysis, design and verification, post-layout tasks, and detailed documentation. The role requires a Bachelor's, with a Master’s preferred, and knowledge of Cadence tools.

Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree required.
Master's Degree preferred.
Experience with IC-design tools is expected.
Strong ability to communicate technical ideas.

Responsibilities

Collaborate on architecture/system-level development and analyze trade-offs using system simulations or data from existing ICs.
Perform design and/or synthesis of digital and/or mixed-signal building blocks to meet specifications.
Perform co-simulation and verification of circuits and subsystems.
Support physical design/synthesis and post-layout verification.
Document design concepts, simulations, and verification results.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Cadence

Job description

At IBM Research, we are the innovation engine of IBM. Exploring what’s next in computing and shaping the technologies the world will rely on tomorrow. From advancing AI and hybrid cloud to pioneering practical quantum computing, we anticipate challenges and unlock new opportunities for clients, partners, and society. Working in Research means joining a team that accelerates discovery at the intersection of high-performance computing, AI, quantum, and cloud. You’ll collaborate with leading scientists, engineers, and visionaries to push boundaries and turn ideas into reality. With a culture built on curiosity, creativity, and collaboration, IBM Research offers the opportunity to grow your career while contributing to breakthroughs that transform industries and change the world.

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will join a world-class team of engineers and researchers and contribute to the development of innovative integrated circuits implemented in deep submicron CMOS (Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor) technologies. We focus on innovative circuit designs for a range of emerging applications such as AI acceleration, high-speed communications, and chiplet-based integration approaches, among others. Specific responsibilities include:

Collaborate on architecture/system-level development. This will involve the analysis of trade-offs using system simulations and/or software and may also involve the analysis of measured data from existing/prior ICs
Perform design and/or synthesis of digital and/or mixed-signal circuit building blocks to meet a set of specifications
Perform co-simulation and verification of the designed circuits and sub-systems
Support physical design/synthesis and post-layout verification
Document design concept, simulation, and verification results

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Preferred education

Master's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Have experience with relevant industry-standard IC-development tools such as Cadence
Have experience with design using deep sub-micron CMOS technologies
Possess a track record of success in completing complex mixed-signal and/or digital IC designs
Successfully create and communicate technical ideas

Preferred technical and professional experience

Knowledge of AI-accelerator architectures
Knowledge of chiplet-based system implementation approaches and their associated communication interfaces
Applied knowledge of standard-cell digital design, custom digital design, and/or mixed-signal design for high-speed communications
Knowledge of common programming languages such as Python
Experience with hardware-software co-design

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Research is the organic growth engine of IBM and an innovation engine for our customers and partners. As part of this mission, IBM Research anticipates and examines 'What's Next in Computing' to ultimately create and integrate the technologies the world relies upon to solve big challenges and unlock new opportunities. We create and pioneer new markets for IBM, our partners and customers as exemplified in our ongoing quest to reach practical and large-scale quantum computing. Across IBM Research, we realize the power and potential to accelerate discovery with our partners and clients by combining the power of high performance computing, AI, and Quantum, all integrated through the hybrid cloud.

YOUR LIFE @ IBM

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

ABOUT IBM

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 500 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

Supplemental 1 employees may be eligible for up to 8 paid holidays, minimum of 56 hours paid sick time and the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan. IBM offers paid family medical leave and disability benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law. We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full‑time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job‑related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro‑rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

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